Former job is key in case against US journalist in Myanmar
The lawyer for an American journalist detained almost five months in military-ruled Myanmar says he is being prosecuted for an offense allegedly carried out by a news service for which he had stopped working more than half-a-year previously
washingtonpost.comAmerican Journalist, Metro Detroit Native Danny Fenster Appears In Court After Weeks In Detention
(CNN) – Danny Fenster, a US journalist who was detained in Myanmar over three weeks ago, has appeared at a court in Yangon according to Frontier Myanmar, the news publication Fenster works for as managing editor. “Following a brief hearing, Danny was remanded to Insein Prison for two weeks and is scheduled to appear again in court on July 1. They need to release Danny IMMEDIATELY.”On Tuesday a US State Department spokesperson told CNN that the US Embassy in Myanmar had been unable to access Fenster. Rose Fenster, Danny Fenster’s mother, pleaded for his release during an appearance on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” last month. He spent more than two months incarcerated at Insein Prison.
detroit.cbslocal.comAmerican journalist working for Myanmar magazine detained
An American journalist working for a news magazine in Myanmar was detained Monday by the authorities there, his employers said. Frontier Myanmar, which publishes in both English and Burmese and also online, said on Twitter that Danny Fenster, its managing editor, was detained at Yangon International Airport as he was preparing to board a flight to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It said the magazine did not know why Fenster was detained and had not been able to contact him, but it understood that he had been taken to Insein Prison in Yangon, which over decades has housed thousands of political prisoners.
news.yahoo.comMyanmar restricts internet access as thousands protest for the first time since coup
The tense but peaceful protests in Yangon came as the military junta began restricting access to the internet, largely shutting off the country of 54 million from the outside world. Police block a road in Yangon, Myanmar, on Saturday. (Associated Press)A 35-year-old woman who identified herself as a protest organizer said the demonstration would be the first of many to come. Uprisings in Myanmar have been brutally suppressed in the past by the Tatmadaw, including in 2007 and 1988. Special correspondent Nachemson reported from Yangon and Times staff writer Pierson from Singapore.
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